Php mail() does not send mail to hotmail.

[harj_p]

Hey Guys,

I'm trying to send email using PHP mail() and it works fine except with hotmail. :td:

for some reason hotmail is not accepting emails from my server www.harjot.com

can anyone please let me know what i could be doing wrong?
here is the code:

$from_name = "my name";
$from_email = "[email protected]";
$subject = "October 22 2005";
$to_email = "[email protected]";
$message = "message test";

$from1 = "From: ".$from_name." <".$from_email.">";
$from2 = "-f".$from_email;

mail($to_email, $subject, $message, $from1, $from2);

 

[yeppers]

Do you get an error when sending to hotmail?
Did you check the junk mail folder in hotmail?

Rhett.

 

[Dan]

The problem is with $from1.

It should be:
$from1 = "From: " . $from_name . " <" . $from_email . ">\r\n";

I'm not sure what $from2 does. :\

 

[cvxdes]

It seems it's hotmail's problem, not php's problem. It's microsuck, they probably "protect" you by comparing the IP of the sender to the email domain, but really they **** up web applications. It happens with only the bad email providers. I suggest you change providers, or use an email address at your domain

 

[yeppers]

The problem is with $from1.

It should be:
$from1 = "From: " . $from_name . " <" . $from_email . ">\r\n";

I'm not sure what $from2 does. :\

I have been able to send email using mail() in php many times with the same small header that harj_p has used, and without the correct header information I've found that the email still sends to the address, just a few little bugs occur in the email.

Very strange that this is happening, my suggestion is to send it to a few different hotmail addresses, see if it sends to any of them, if not, your ip or domain may have been banned previously perhaps?

UPDATE: Ok, just tried your script and it works fine with my hotmail address :tu:. Although it does go into the junk-mail folder.

Best of luck,
Rhett.

 

[DropLister]

someone could be spamming on the server if its shared and hotmail banned the ip

 

[Dan]

BillyConnite,

All I did was add "\r\n"

The bugs are the headers being wrong. And that is why.

 

[yeppers]

BillyConnite,

All I did was add "\r\n"

The bugs are the headers being wrong. And that is why.

Hey Dan,

I used harj_p's first version wihtout the "\r\n" and it works fine, im sure yours does too, and am sure that the addition to the headers is also correct :tu but that isn't what is causing hotmail to not receieve it, as harj_p's first version works fine for me.